Cluster Project Manager at Air Liquide

Main Accountabilities

• Lead procurement transformation initiatives by developing and implementing strategies to enhance procurement effectiveness and efficiency.
• Develop project plans, including scope, timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, establish project governance, and manage project execution to meet objectives and timelines.
• Interactions with Internal stakeholders and external counterparts
• Work closely with project team to understand the project in a deeper and wider range, do not limit the knowledge to the procurement scope.
• ​Act as single point of contact between the Procurement activity and the Project Execution team; Support project team by aligning Procurement activities with project timelines
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as senior management, procurement teams, and cross-functional departments, to align project goals and ensure stakeholder engagement and support, including HRBPs to align and support on change management.

Risk management

• Run and analyze material status reports and communicate risks and problem areas to Project Manager regularly.
• Monitor global market conditions and business drivers to maximize leverage and minimize risk.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure project and procurement performance.
• Ensure the implementation of the procurement strategy to be used for the project portfolio, in collaboration with the category management leads and internal stakeholders
• Establish key performance indicators (qualitative and quantitative metrics to capture), report and evaluate the benefit and performance of procurement activities
• Accountable for the procurement performance related to the portfolio managed under the project.
• Is in charge of securing the availability, reliability and quality of goods and services purchased within project

Ethics

• Promote compliance with Air Liquide code of conduct, ensuring by personal example
• Coach Air Liquide staff to promote the adoption of an ethical business behaviou

Are you a MATCH?

• Masters in Business/Engineering Degree or equivaent
• minimum 7 years of experience in Procurement / Project Management / Operations
• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal skills

Knowledge and Know-how specific to the job

• Project Management (Transversal) (Must have)
• Performance & Process Management (Data, KPI & Digital Tools) (Must have)
• Financial Analysis (Transversal) (Should have)
• Capital project planning, implementation and management
• Functional & Value Analysis, (re)-design to cost techniques

Cost management

• Category & Sourcing Strategy (Should have)
• Category & Market Expertise (Good to have)
• Negotiations & Contract Knowledge (Must have)
• Planification & Expediting (Should have)

Complementary Capabilities

• Thinking & Partnering strategically
• Influencing for Change
• Managing conflict
• Analysing and solving problems